Charles Moser

Charles Moser
Diverse Sexualities Research and Education Institute

PhD, MD

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September 1987 - present
Institute For Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
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BDSM (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sexual sadism and masochism) is a sexual interest and, for some, a sexual orientation.¹ By definition, BDSM is consensual. Sexual violence is characterized by intentional nonconsensual sexual behavior. Perpetrators of sexual violence often disregard the desires and boundaries of their part...
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People involved in kink (BDSM or fetish) subcultures often encounter stigma and bias in healthcare settings or when seeking psychotherapy. Such individuals typically encounter well-meaning clinicians who are not prepared to provide culturally competent care or who have not recognized their own biases. Over a two-year period, a team of 20 experience...
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Background As part of their mission to protect the public from exploitation, state medical boards query physicians about a wide range of topics prior to licensure, including in some cases whether the applicant has been diagnosed with or been treated for paraphilias or paraphilic disorders. Aim We investigated the prevalence of questions inquiring...
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There is no accepted definition of the term paraphilia despite its being listed as an essential feature of a class of mental disorders known as the paraphilic disorders. The origin of the term, history of its inclusion as a diagnosis, and logical flaws inherent in the various definitions are discussed in this review. We examine the basis for pathol...
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Created by a team of clinicians and researchers (19 members), the practice guidelines presents the current best knowledge and practices for working with clients and patients who have strong interests in kink sexuality, who are kink-identified, or who are involved in fetish, BDSM, leather or kink communities.
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Purpose of the Review To present a practical guide to the care and treatment of gender diverse patients with and without gender dysphoria. Recent Findings Gender diverse patients experience considerable discrimination in the healthcare system and often cannot obtain basic medical care or specialized hormonal management. There is scant evidence to...
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To the Editor Mr Botticelli and Dr Koh¹ focused on the need to change the language of addiction to help frame the illness accurately and avoid judgments. Unfortunately, the authors used a term that has negative implications, a propensity to be misinterpreted, is poorly defined, does not reflect the current science, and does not promote evidence-bas...
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Members of sexual/gender minority groups, who are also immigrants and refugees face multiple problems in adapting to their new cultures. Often their sexual interests or gender expression was stigmatised, pathologised, criminalised and persecuted in their home cultures/countries. In this article, we discuss the special problems with acculturation to...
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The conceptualization of Hypersexual Disorder that was proposed for DSM-5 is reviewed and found to be inconsistent with the existing data. Any proposal for adding a new psychiatric disorder should demonstrate the need for a new diagnosis, describe individuals with only that psychiatric disorder, and explain why existing diagnoses are inadequate to...
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Over the last 20 years, Ray Blanchard, Ph.D., with a variety of coauthors and collaborators, has proposed a theory that links the sexual orientation of male-to-female transsexuals with the presence or absence of autogynephilia (erotic arousal by the thought or image of "himself" as a woman). Blanchard's Autogynephilia Theory suggests that the assoc...
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Autogynephilia, an erotic interest in the thought or image of oneself as a woman, has been described as a sexual interest of some male-to-female transsexuals (MTFs); the term has not been applied to natal women. To test the possibility that natal women also experience autogynephilia, an Autogynephilia Scale for Women (ASW) was created from items us...
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Introduction: A genital examination can have psychologic effects on a patient, particularly when the source of their sexual medicine complaint is a body part. How necessary is a physical exam before prescribing hormones in cases of gender dsyphoria? Methods: Five people with expertise and/or interest in the area of gender dysphoria and endocrino...
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Many forms of sexual behavior are poorly understood by large sectors of society. Some physicians may be unaware of their patients' sexual activities or may feel ill at ease discussing them. Provided with a basic knowledge of these activities and their associated slang terms, a physician can better communicate with the patient, allowing for accurate...
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The authors respond to Robert L. Spitzer's and Paul Jay Fink's discussion of their paper, “DSM-IV-TR and the Paraphilias: An Argument for Removal.” They note that Spitzer and Fink do not dispute their analysis of the problems with the DSM-IV-TR criteria for paraphilias nor do they suggest any solutions to the problems they identified. The authors g...
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The DSM-IV-TR (2000) sets its own standards for inclusion of diagnoses and for changes in its text. The Paraphilia section is analyzed from the perspective of how well the DSM meets those standards. The concept of Paraphilias as psychopathology was analyzed and assessed critically to determine if it meets the definition of a mental disorder present...
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This study describes the nature of 24/7 SM slavery as practiced within the SM (sadomasochistic) community. These SM participants, who attempt to live full-time in owner-slave roles, represent a small proportion of those with SM interests. SM slaves have not been studied systematically to determine if and how they differ from other SM practitioners....
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This article describes a child custody case centered on the fitness of the mother, who was involved in an SM relationship with her live-in boyfriend. Although the investigation confirmed that no child abuse had occurred, that the child was unaware of the mother's sexual interests, that there were no incidents of inappropriate sexual activities in f...
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There is a concern among consensual BDSM participants that they will receive biased care from mental health professionals. Results are presented of an anonymous Internet-based survey administered to both BDSM-identified individuals who have received psychological care and to mental health professionals. The survey included socio-demographic data an...
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Previous research has not systematically studied S/M (sadomasochistic) professionals. In this questionnaire study, 31 women who engaged in S/M interactions for money on a regular basis were obtained by a variety of sampling techniques. Results show that these women were S/M practitioners and tended to be dominant in their personal lives. They maint...
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Members of sexual/gender minority groups, who are also immigrants and refugees face multiple problems in adapting to their new cultures. Often their sexual interests or gender expression was stigmatised, pathologised, criminalised and persecuted in their home cultures/countries. In this article, we discuss the special problems with acculturation to...
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There is a lack of scientific knowledge concerning what constitutes normal versus unusual sexual behaviors among minors. Clinical judgements in these cases often are clouded by unfounded sociocultural assumptions, personal biases, legal issues, and moral considerations. Current diagnostic nomenclature that is used commonly for adult sexual activiti...
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The effect of sildenafil citrate on nine non-dysfunctional men was assessed by a post-exposure questionnaire. Almost all (8/9) reported that sildenafil citrate affected their sexual response, but only 6/9 indicated that it affected their erections. The respondents reported increases in sexual desire (6/9), enjoyment of sex (4/9), and penile skin se...
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An organized semi-public event for the exhibition of S/M (sadomasochistic) behavior is known as a "party" by the participants. Using a retrospective analysis of the author's experiences over the last 25 years, a description of these parties is presented. The present paper explores the structure, function, and purpose of these parties. The S/M behav...
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Nonprostitute women in the sadomasochism (S/M) subculture have been believed to be rare. A sample of 45 women from the S/M subculture of whom 34 were determined to be nonprostitutes was obtained. This sample is compared with a similar sample obtained by Breslow et al. (1985). Despite methodological differences between the present investigation and...
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A fortuitous sample of 362 individuals with peirced nipples, 292 men and 70 women, returned a questionnaire conceming the reasons they pierced their nipples and the outcome of those piercings. While over 314th of the sample reported an interest in S/M (sadomasochism), less than half the sample felt the piercing was part of their S/M role. The sampl...
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How one develops specific sexual interests (desires, eroticisms, orientation, lust, preferences, etc.) is a basic and essentially unanswered question in sexology. The present paper explores a theoretical relationship between the the development of specific sexual interests and those individuals complaining of lack of desire. The ability of traditio...
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Nineteen patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) limited to the skin and/or lymph nodes were treated at Hahnemann University with a combination of total skin electron beam and total nodal irradiation (TSEB + TNI). The patients were classified as Stage Ib (1 patient), Stage IIa (8 patients), Stage IIb (5 patients), and Stage IVa (5 patients)....
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Results of different radiotherapy schedules used for early stage (T1-2, N0-1, M0) cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) are compared in a series of 45 patients (22 patients treated with high dose total skin electron beam therapy (TSEB) with curative intent, 18 patients treated with palliative radiotherapy, and 5 patients treated with high dose local ele...
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Demographics, sexual behavior, and self‐perceptions of a self‐defined sadomasochistic (S/M) sample of 178 men are described. These men either returned a questionnaire published in an S/M magazine or completed a questionnaire after being solicited at an S/M support‐group meeting. The composite respondent was heterosexual, well‐educated, relatively a...
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It appears that MDMA does not increase sexual excitation or sexual desire in a majority of individuals (as would a true aphrodisiac). For both males and females, MDMA enhances the sensual aspects of sex. This may be due to the increased feelings of emotional closeness. Almost half of the males and a third of the females indicated that they felt mor...
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Traditional conceptions of sadomasochism are misleading. This is because they are not based on close examination of what the majority of SM participants actually do and how they interpret their own behaviors. Over a period of eight years, we interviewed a variety of SM participants and observed their behavior in many different settings. We found th...
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It is apparent that a significant degree of sexual concern exists in male and female heroin addicts in the predrug, drug and postdrug periods. The Sexual Concerns and Substance Abuse Project recommends that each opiate abuser entering in to treatment has a brief sex history taken and, if a primary or secondary sexual dysfunction is discovered, then...
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The present study consists of interviews with 20 PCP abusers who sought treatment at the drug detoxification section of the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic. The authors compared the sex histories of those interviewed with the sex histories of other substance abusers, particularly amphetamine and heroin abusers who also came to the Haight-Ashbury...
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The chaotropic anions perchlorate and thiocyanate adsorb to artificial phospholipid membranes. The negative electrostatic potential they produce at the surface of the membranes was measured by two independent techniques. The conductance produced by neutral carriers of cations and anions was measured to estimate changes in the surface potentials of...
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One of the serious side effects of the oral contraceptives is that of thromboembolism. when the surfaces of the blood vessel wall and of blood cells become less negatively charged, conditions prone to thrombosis develop. Our previous studies revealed that anticoagulants increase or maintain the negative charge densities of these vascular components...

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